Given what the military spends on other "needed" medical expenses, I see nothing untoward here.

There's only one thing that matters, can they do the job? If so, there's no argument that can be made against it that means a damn to me.

Caveat: Never served a day in my life, wanted to, couldn't.

They want to, and can, they should be able to. Find a legit reason to deny them, not a faux one such as that. If the therapy doesn't allow them to
do their normal job, they can be placed on some form of temporary duty for as long as it effects their ability to perform.

Are we talking Tranny's or Hermaphrodites here? I have no problem with gays or even Hermaphrodites, nature made them that way. But when someone
want to scissor off their sausage for God know what reason, and scream to the world that someone needs to pay for it, then that is disruptive and
obnoxious, and the military should not have to deal with it.

originally posted by: justagod
Don't you hate when people are being dishonest. People against this say it is because of surgery costs (which is a tiny fraction of the budget)...etc.

It is just the "ick" factor to them, they find trans people icky and want them to go back in the shadows, so they can pretend they don't exist.

If it wasn't for the anti trans people and their warped fantasies about what trans people do with kids, this wouldn't even be an issue.

Guess what, trans people have being using the bathroom they have identified with for years and there was not a huge outbreak of child molestation's
then and there won't be now.

This isn't about medical costs, protecting the children, taking time off to heal, it is about bigotry, plain and simple.

Continue to lie to others about what the reason is, we actually know what it is about.

Who cares if they're found as icky? So are kids with zits all over their face. That's their opinion to have, you don't get to dictate what's icky for
everyone else, and what's not. If you don't like it, suck it up and deal with it. You're a gleaming example of bigotry.

If it wasn't for trans people wanting special privileges, this wouldn't even be an issue.

Yes I said that. What does that have to do with "implied". Oh right. Nothing.

You said we wouldn't stand by those people. I have made a liar out of you by saying that I would stand by them if they are able to serve. If they need
medication for say diabetes and they still can serve I would stand by them.

The study by the RAND Corporation estimated that 2,450 of the 1.2 million active-duty members of the military are transgender, and that every
year around 65 will seek to transition to the other gender.

The RAND study said that if the Pentagon did not cover the medical procedures for service members — like hormone therapy and surgery — they would
likely avoid seeking medical care and would have higher rates of substances abuse and suicide.

Paying for the procedures would cost the Pentagon between $2.9 million to $4.2 million a year, the report said. By comparison, the Pentagon each year
spends $6 billion of its $610 billion budget on medical costs for active-duty service members.

Well, there's that percentage again.

Paying for the procedures for 65 people, according to this study, will cost $2.9 million to $4.2 million a year. That's not cheap.

You said we wouldn't stand by those people. I have made a liar out of you by saying that I would stand by them if they are able to serve. If they need
medication for say diabetes and they still can serve I would stand by them.

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